Sleuths of the Special Task Force (STF) claimed to have achieved a big success when they managed to gun down a notorious criminal, wanted in connection with several cases of murder, extortion and abduction. The encounter took place in lakhimpur Kheri on Indo-Nepal border, in the wee hours of Wednesday. One of the accomplice, however, managed to escape from the spot. A case has been registered in this regard by the police and the body was sent for post-mortem.
Reports said that dreaded criminal Bagga Singh, who carried a bounty of Rs 1 lakh over his arrest, was traced by the STF team led by Assistant Superintendent of Police Vishal Vikram Singh near Bairiya hamlet of Nighasan in lakhimpur Kheri following a tip off.